Medieval English in a Multilingual Context

This edited book examines the multilingual culture of medieval England, exploringits impact on the development of English and its textual manifestations froma multi-disciplinary perspective. The book offers overviews of the state of theart of research and case studieson this subject in (sub)disciplines of linguistics includinghistorical linguistics, onomastics, lexicology and lexicography, sociolinguistics,code-switching and language contact, and also includes contributions fromliterary and socio-cultural studies, material culture, andpalaeography. The authors focus on the variety of languages in use in medievalBritain, including English, Old Norse, Norn, Dutch, Welsh, French, and Latin,making the argument that understanding the impactof medieval multilingualism on the development of English requiresmultidisiplinarity and the bringing together of different frameworks in linguisticsand cultural studies toachieve more nuanced answers. This book will be ofinterest to academics and students of historical linguistics and medieval textualculture.